The Ukrainian Bear

December 9th-15th

Dear Family and Friends!

Another awesome week has gone by here in Ukraine! It was transfer week but like I told you last week I didnt get moved so Elder Hess and I are still here together. But our district got a bunch of new missionaries! It was so fun to see them and get to know them! This is going to be such a fun transfer coming up! It will be 8 weeks so that will be exciting! I am so happy to stay here! I really love the members here and I feel my relationship with all of them is taking off! I love it!

So last Tuesday we didnt have district meeting. About half of our district had to do registration stuff! So at night we went to some recent converts house to teach them a lesson! It was so awesome! They are so awesome! It is the couple that got baptized when I first got here. The lesson was so awesome! After that we ran over to the church cause we had a little party thing for all the missionaries going away! It was way fun! Some non members came so that is always good!

Wednesday morning we had to go into Center Odessa to do some registration stuff for my companion. It was so long and boring! haha. We got it all done though and then came home and did some studies! We had English that night! English is the best! Our program is awesome and we have so much success with it! I love teaching English so much! WE had some new people show up and even one man that was interested in the church! So cool! It was sad that night though cause we had to say bye to all the missionaries leaving! They had a train that night! Elder Ball left and headed up to Kiev. He was my old companion. Also our zone leader Elder Hinkson left! I love him so much and I learned so much from him!

Thursday was another good day! We studied then did some contacting and English advertising then we got a call from the Center Elders asking us to come to their English cause they were gonna be alone and needed help! So we went to that! It was way good! They also have a good English program going on in their area! It was lots of fun!

On Friday we met with a member at night then we went to English! It was so fun cause all the new missionaries showed up! It was fun to get to know them! Also I made a Free English sign that has Christmas lights on it! It was so awesome! The people loved it when we went advertising!

Saturday we had to do some planning then we went to a members house! He is our Branch Mission Leader! We had such a good lesson with him! He is so funny! Like seriously one of the funniest guys I know in Ukraine! I love meeting with him so much and getting to know more about his life and conversion into the church!

Yesterday was another awesome day at the church. The members here are just so awesome! They are really starting to love the missionaries which is good! They are alot nicer and more friendly to us! I love it so much! It makes me feel at home with them!

Well that is about all. Our investigator pool is not too good right now. We have one man who is so elect but he is in Kiev so we are waiting for him to return! I talked to him yesterday though and he said that he just finished reading Alma already! He is so awesome! I know that as we keeping working our hardest here that the Lord will bless us! I love this work and I love serving a mission so much! Even if times are slow and hard right now, I know that I am doing the right thing here in Ukraine! I love it! I love you all and thanks for your letters! Have a great week!

Love

Elder Grochmal